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Blight by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Give me truths,
For I am weary of the surfaces,
And die of inanition. If I knew
Only the herbs an..
Bacchus by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Bring me wine, but wine which never grew
In the belly of the grape,
Or grew on vine whose tap-ro..
Brahma by Ralph Waldo Emerson
If the red slayer think he slays,
Or if the slain think he is slain,
They know not well the subt..
Barnfloor and Winepress by Gerard Manley Hopkins
And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of..
Brothers by Gerard Manley Hopkins
How lovely the elder brother’s
Life all laced in the other’s,
Lóve-laced!—what once I well
Witnes..
Binsey Poplars by Gerard Manley Hopkins
felled 1879
My aspens dear, whose airy cages quelled,
Quelled or quenched in leaves the leapin..
Beppo by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Why are thou sad, my Beppo? But last eve,
Here at my feet, thy dear head on my breast,
I heard the..
Bohemia by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Bohemia, o’er thy unatlassed borders
How many cross, with half-reluctant feet,
And unformed fear..
Binsey Poplars by Gerard Manley Hopkins
felled 1879
My aspens dear, whose airy cages quelled,
Quelled or quenched in leaves the leapin..
Beppo by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Why are thou sad, my Beppo? But last eve,
Here at my feet, thy dear head on my breast,
I heard the..
Bohemia by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Bohemia, o’er thy unatlassed borders
How many cross, with half-reluctant feet,
And unformed fear..
Buckingham Palace by A. A. Milne
They’re changing guard at Buckingham Palace -
Christopher Robin went down with Alice.
Alice is mar..
Brownie by A. A. Milne
In a corner of the bedroom is a great big curtain,
Someone lives behind it, but I don’t know who;
..
Burning Oneself Out by Adrienne Rich
We can look into the stove tonight
as into a mirror, yes,
the serrated log, the yellow-blue gas..
Before you knew you owned it by Alice Walker
Expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
become a stranger
To need of pity
Or, if compassion b..
Boots by Andrew Barton Paterson
We’ve travelled per Joe Gardiner, a humping of our swag
In the country of the Gidgee and Belar.
..
Behind the Scenes by Andrew Barton Paterson
The actor struts his little hour,
Between the limelight and the band;
The public feel the actor’..
Black Swans by Andrew Barton Paterson
As I lie at rest on a patch of clover
In the Western Park when the day is done.
I watch as the w..
Bush Christening by Andrew Barton Paterson
On the outer Barcoo where the churches are few,
And men of religion are scanty,
On a road never..
Been There Before by Andrew Barton Paterson
There came a stranger to Walgett town,
To Walgett town when the sun was low,
And he carried a th..
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